[MilCom] [MilRadioComms] Eastern North Carolina MILCOM

[John Nash via MilCom]

Thank you for your reply and insight.  I started with a $12 dongle, ADSBSharpe and the VRS software just to get the hang of it.  I will probably also purchase PlanePlotter but I have been hesitant to give an overseas vendor my credit card information.

I am building a house in Cedar Point, NC.  I plan to install a wide band antenna in the attic to support my ICOM PCR 100, Uniden BCD996T, Uniden Home Patrol 1, and Uniden BC895XLT.  

I found the AOR SA7000 super wide range receiving antenna covering from 30 kHz to 2 GHz. http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/wideant/3755.html.  Within that wideband range I assume that the AOR SA7000 can be used with the ADS-B receiver to pick up signals on 1090 MHz?

My range should improve when the wideband antenna is installed.  I live in the triangle of MCAS New River, MCAS Cherry Point and MCALF Bogue.  I am also an hour away from Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro.  Always lots of activity-- Sea Stallions and Super Stallions, Osprey, Harrier II and Prowlers.  F-15 action from nearby Seymour Johnson.  I get some good catches on air to air traffic. 

At some point are they all mandated to transmit Mode S in the USA?  



John Nash
Eastern North Carolina
uctodc at aol.com



-----Original Message-----
From: 'Jordan Hayes' jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com [MilRadioComms] <MilRadioComms at yahoogroups.com>
To: MilRadioComms <MilRadioComms at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Aug 20, 2015 11:33 am
Subject: Re: [MilRadioComms] Eastern North Carolina MILCOM


    
   
    
     
> I have successfully loaded Virtual Radar Server (VRS)
 
 Welcome to a new-ish and exciting part of the hobby!
 
 > AE0409 OTIS24 USMC C-130 Altitude: 12875 ft (unknown direction
 > or destination) Best guess New River or Cherry Point.
 
 When I started looking at Mode-S data, one of the things that intrigued 
 me was the idea of figuring out where an aircraft is coming from/headed 
 to using only altitude data. What I found is that over time I got a 
 pretty good sense of where my coverage ends, and that gave added clues 
 to what was going on, so that I can often confirm location on the radio 
 given just starting altitude. Rather than simply scanning, hoping to 
 hear an aircraft, I can go "hunting" for them, given this extra info. 
 Ascending/descending is also a good clue.
 
 I also found that what I thought was pretty decent coverage of 
 everything coming and going from my area on the scanner was nowhere near 
 what all was out there.
 
 Looking forward to your contributions.
 
 San Francisco 
 
 
    
    
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